Author: SpencerMann
← Older posts Newer posts →But We Don’t Have Leaders: Leadership Development and Anti Authoritarian Organizing
Leadership and leadership development can play important roles in moving forward with our commitment to equality in organizations, movements and society. Leadership development, as defined by organizer Dara Silverman, is working with others to build skills, analysis and confidence. Anti-authoritarian … Continue reading
Building a “Canadian” Decolonization Movement: Fighting the Occupation at “Home”
The following address was delivered by Nora Butler Burke, a member of the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) in Montreal, on August 20, 2004, as part of an evening of speakers, film and music in support of the Kanehsatake Mohawk … Continue reading
Conserving Racism: The Greening of Hate at Home and Abroad
The greening of hate – blaming environmental degradation on poor populations of color – is once again on the rise, both in the U.S. and overseas. In the U.S., its illogic runs like this: immigrants are the main cause of … Continue reading
How to strengthen the Palestine Solidarity Movement by making friends with Jews
“O Havruta O Mituta” “Give Me Friendship Or Give Me Death” (Talmud Taanit, 23a) Countless Jews in the U.S. hate what the Israeli government and army are doing, support the rights of Palestinians, and want to speak out and take … Continue reading
Post Colonial Anarchism
This essay appears in Post Colonial Anarchism: Essays on race, repression and culture in communities of color 1999-2004. Access the complete book here I should be clear up front. I’m not a nationalist. Nor am I a tribalist, nor an … Continue reading
A Time To Organize
Address to Midwest Meeting of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism March 27, 2004 Louisville, Kentucky I think this is a wonderful time to organize. I have heard people in the last few years say ‘Oh this is … Continue reading
The Work Is Not The Workshop: Talking and Doing, Visibility and Accountability in the White Anti-Racist Community
Ok, white folks. I think it’s time for us to focus. We know a whole lot, y’all, but I don’t see us putting our knowledge to real use out there. I mean there’s a whole big movement going on in … Continue reading
The White Elephant in the Room: Race and Election 2004
The 2004 presidential contest was a warning shot across the bow of all progressives. While the president and the Republican pundits vastly overstate their “mandate,” progressives need to become clear on the motion of racial politics if we are to … Continue reading
Stop Saying This Is a Nation of Immigrants!
A nation of immigrants: This is a convenient myth developed as a response to the 1960s movements against colonialism, neocolonialism, and white supremacy. The ruling class and its brain trust offered multiculturalism, diversity, and affirmative action in response to demands … Continue reading
How can we dance? A brief look at Post Left Anarchism
This essay appears in Post Colonial Anarchism: Essays on race, repression and culture in communities of color 1999-2004. Access the complete book here As far as I can tell the most recent calls for anarchists to leave their leftist associations … Continue reading
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